Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Nilukada Nakshatra: Ramanujan,’ a Science drama depicting staggering genius of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was staged at Kiru Rangamandira, Kalamandira premises here yesterday. Born in Erode and schooled at Kumbakonam’s Town Higher Secondary School where he first discovered the joy of mathematics, Srinivasa Ramanujan’s short life of 32 years was once crowded with poverty, ill…
Prize winners in various Inter-Collegiate events
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The students of Hindustan First Grade College, J.P. Nagar, won prizes in the following Inter-Collegiate events recently: SCIENCE EXPO: The students of BCA Department — N.B. Bojamma, N. Shreyas, R. Karthik, M. Bhoomika and S. Mallikarjuna — won First Place in Science Expo held during ‘Christech 2020’ Inter-Collegiate Science Fest organised by the Department…
Tanveer Sait urges State to shut schools, colleges
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Senior Congress MLA and former Minister Tanveer Sait has urged the State Government to declare a holiday to schools and colleges as precautionary measure amid COVID-19 scare. In a letter written to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and to Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Suresh Kumar yesterday, he said that there is no time…
Poultry industry feels the pinch as prices fall
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: COVID-19 and bird flu scare have sent prices of poultry products plummeting with the bird meat being sold for as low as Rs. 110 per kg in Mysuru. “The sales have gone down drastically and we cannot return the chicken to farms, therefore we are forced to sell them at cheaper prices,” said V….
Reduction in human-wildlife conflict is the need of the hour: B.P. Ravi
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The UG and PG Departments of Zoology, JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Ooty Road, recently organised a UGC-sponsored one-day State-level Seminar on ‘Prospects and Perspectives in Applied Biology’ at the College premises in city. “Conservation of biodiversity and reduction in human-wildlife conflict is the need of the hour,” said the chief guest,…
Former Karnataka Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj passes away
March 9, 2020New Delhi: Former Karnataka Governor and senior Congress leader Hans Raj Bhardwaj passed away here on Sunday. He was 82. Bhardwaj breathed his last at Max Hospital in New Delhi’s Saket area , where he was admitted on Wednesday due to kidney-related issues. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. Bhardwaj…
Woman goes missing
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 60-year-old woman, who left her house at Siddalingapura in Metagalli Police limits on Mar. 2, has since gone missing. The missing woman is Jayalakshmamma. She is 5.3 ft. tall, round faced, oily red complexioned, normal built, has a scar on her right hand and speaks Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Those having any…
Gold chain snatched at Jayalakshmipuram
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Bike borne miscreants have snatched a gold chain from a woman at Jayalakshmipuram on Saturday night. The woman, who lost her gold chain, is Leelavathi of Jayalakshmipuram. Leelavathi was walking on the road behind Raghavendraswamy Mutt in the locality, when two miscreants on a bike, who came from the opposite direction, snatched the 30-gram…
ACP Sandesh Kumar and seven other Police Officers from Mysuru get CM’s Gold Medal
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Traffic ACP (Assistant Commissioner of Police) Sandesh Kumar and seven other Police Officers from the city and district are among the 122 Police personnel across the State who have bagged the Chief Minister’s Gold Medal for the year 2018-19, for distinguished service. Apart from Sandesh Kumar, the other recipients from the city and district…
Tamil Nadu man arrested for attempting to transport deer antlers in plane
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Airport Security personnel have arrested a 38-year-old man from Tamil Nadu for attempting to transport antlers (deer horns) in a flight to Hyderabad on Saturday and have handed over the accused to Vidyaranyapuram Police. The arrested has been identified as Karthik Reddy, a resident of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu. Reddy, who came to…
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